Wick and East Caithness (ward)

A council ward in the Highlands of Scotland

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Wick and East Caithness is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. This was a new ward in the 2017 election following boundary changes. It elects four Councillors.

## Councillors

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Election  | Councillors

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2017 |  | A.I. Willie MacKay
(Independent)  |  | Nicola Sinclair
(Independent)  |  | Andrew Sinclair
(Conservative)  |  | Raymond Bremner
(SNP)
Aug 2021  |  | Jill Tilt
(Liberal Democrat)
2022 | Jan McEwan
(Liberal Democrat)  | Andrew Jarvie
(Conservative)

## Election Results

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### 2022 Election

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2022 Highland Council election[1]

Wick and East Caithness - 4 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
| Liberal Democrats | Jan McEwan | 29.78%  | 1,245
| SNP | Raymond Bremner (incumbent)  | 25.33%  | 1,059
| Conservative | Andrew Jarvie[INV S] | 15.12%  | 632  | 700.2  | 705.2  | 755.3  | 873.4
| Independent | A.I. Willie MacKay (incumbent)  | 12.78%  | 534  | 635.6  | 699.9  | 801.9  | 1,125.4
| Independent | Bill Fernie  | 10.48%  | 438  | 518.9  | 571.1  | 669.3
| Labour | Neil MacDonald  | 6.51%  | 272  | 347.7  | 385.0
Electorate: 10,103  Valid: 4,180  Spoilt: 45  Quota: 837  Turnout: 41.8%

### 2021 By-election

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Wick and East Caithness By-Election (12 August 2021) - 1 seat[2] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
| Liberal Democrats | Jill Tilt | 27.25%  | 657  | 660  | 848  | 986  | 1,501
| Independent | Bill Fernie  | 25.79%  | 622  | 627  | 780  | 963  |
| SNP | Michael Cameron  | 24.59%  | 593  | 593  | 606  |  |
| Conservative | Daniel Ross  | 21.69%  | 523  | 525  |  |  |
| Scottish Libertarian | Harry Christian  | 0.66%  | 16  |  |  |  |
Electorate: TBC  Valid: 2,411  Spoilt: 28  Quota: 1,206  Turnout: 24.3%

### 2017 Election

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2017 Highland Council election

Wick and East Caithness - 4 seats[3] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8
| Independent | A.I. Willie MacKay \+  | 22.37%  | 1,046 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Independent | Nicola Sinclair | 20.68%  | 967 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Conservative | Andrew Sinclair | 13.88%  | 649  | 666  | 669  | 708  | 735  | 822  | 919  | 1,047
| SNP | Raymond Bremner | 11.74%  | 549  | 557  | 559  | 577  | 600  | 655  | 723  | 831
| Labour | Neil MacDonald *  | 8.64%  | 404  | 417  | 420  | 455  | 495  | 556  | 671  |
| Independent | Linda Malik  | 7.23%  | 338  | 351  | 357  | 369  | 424  |  |  |
| Independent | Bill Fernie *  | 6.99%  | 327  | 353  | 361  | 396  | 436  | 518  |  |
| Independent | Catherine Patterson  | 4.79%  | 224  | 233  | 238  | 247  |  |  |  |
| Liberal Democrats | Luke Graham  | 3.68%  | 172  | 177  | 178  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: TBC  Valid: 4,676  Spoilt: 59  Quota: 936  Turnout: 47.6%

* = Sitting Councillors for Wick Ward.

\+ = Sitting Councillor for Landward Caithness Ward.

## Notes

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## References

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1. ^ "2022 Local Government elections results". The Highland Council. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
2. ^ "The Highland Council download - Ward 3 (Wick and East Caithness) By-Election Results 2021 | Council and government | Politicians, elections and democracy | Elections and voting | Election results".
3. ^ Council, The Highland. "The Highland Council download - 2017 Council elections Ward 3 Wick and East Caithness - Council and government". www.highland.gov.uk. Retrieved 31 March 2021.

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Wards of Highland Council

* North, West and Central Sutherland
* Thurso and North West Caithness
* Wick and East Caithness
* East Sutherland and Edderton
* Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh
* Cromarty Firth
* Tain and Easter Ross
* Dingwall and Seaforth
* Black Isle
* Eilean a' Cheò
* Caol and Mallaig
* Aird and Loch Ness
* Inverness West
* Inverness Central
* Inverness Ness-side
* Inverness Millburn
* Culloden and Ardersier
* Nairn and Cawdor
* Inverness South
* Badenoch and Strathspey
* Fort William and Ardnamurchan

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